Discussion of M.Ordubadi’s “Sword and Pen” novel was held at Nakhchivan State University

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Published on Friday, 20 October 2017 10:30

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On October 19, at Nakhchivan State University, in connection with giving voluntary assistance to specialties, the discussion of “Sword and pen” novel by the famous writer, author of historical novels M.S.Ordubadi was held.

Opening the event, the director of  Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic Library named after Mammad Said Ordubadi, PhD on History Aytekin Gahramanova gave the general information about the book. The head of the mass work department of the library Yegana Rustamova made a speech entitled  “Historical truths in the novel  “Sword and pen”, the head of the information department of the library on Culture and art Nurida Safarova made a speech entitled “Nizami image in the novel “Sword and Pen”.

In the speeches it was mentioned that Mammad Said Ordubadi, in his famous “Sword and Pen” novel, solved this very difficult issue by artistic and intellectual level. To properly perform his boldly chosen task, the writer  widely used many historical sources, ancient manuscripts, documents, studied them with great patience and selflessness, and made valuable contributions from these sources  in his fiction work.

The real life events in the novel: political and social events in Azerbaijan in the second half of the XII century, wars, domination and fate of the dynasty of the eldagizlar state of Azerbaijan, caliphate and its negative role in Azerbaijan's political life, generally the struggle against the caliphate in the Middle East, the Caliph Palace and the palace of the Ganja Emirate, palace intrigues, the life of the XII century in Baghdad, Ganja, Tabriz, people’s life, the life of the Azerbaijani village, the struggle for the independence of the country, the life of the upper and lower layers, traditions, ceremonies, finally, Nizami’s personal life, poetess Mahsati khanum’s life, fate are described in the novel.

At the end of the event, students’ questions were answered.

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